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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Lambert/Fleming)

Enslaved Persons Named: Fortune

On February 1, 1840, the executors of John Lambert’s estate (Thomas Mallard, John Dunwody, Wm. Q. Baker, Ezra Stacy and William Jones) sold to Thomas W. Fleming, also of Liberty County, for $650 “the following named slave with the issue of the females, to wit: Fortune. Witnessed by John Girardeau, S. Spencer, J.I.C.L.C. Recorded on April 10, 1840, by E. Way, Clerk.

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. K-L 1831-1842,” Record Book L, 1838-1842, pp. 199-200. Image #428 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-T9KK-C?i=427&cat=292358)